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The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the defection of Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The announcement was made by APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, also from Plateau State, during the party’s 14th National Caucus meeting at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.
Yilwatda noted that with Governor Mutfwang’s defection, APC now controls all the states in the North Central region.
It is recalled that the meeting is currently in session, with President Bola Tinubu present, along with the six governors who recently defected from PDP to APC.
Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang has revealed that President Bola Tinubu personally invited him to decamp from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and join the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to him, after months of consultations and personal introspection, he had to make the move in the interest of the state.
Mutfwang, who made the revelation on Thursday shortly after defecting to the APC, said he did not make the move for personal gain but as a form of respect to Tinubu, who has shown a special interest in Plateau State and its challenges.
Mutfwang has made it clear that though the President had extended the invitation to him to join the APC on several occasions, he had politely declined.
“I pay my respects to President Tinubu for honouring our earlier decisions not to move to the APC and still maintaining a cordial relationship with us despite that,” he said during a meeting with political appointees and stakeholders at the Government House in Jos.
He noted that there had also been the beckoning of highly placed personalities, including fellow governors from the APC, too, but the whole time, he stood by his decision.
